The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Chapter 397 Heavy losses
Ling Jinhua's face darkened slightly, was she trying to protect herself?

Fortunately, the study door opened soon after, and General Zhou and others came out. They looked at Ling Jinhua as if they hadn't seen him, and walked straight past without even saying hello.

Ling Jinhua didn't feel embarrassed and walked in: "Your Highness."

Thinking of the thrill last night, when Gu Yufan saw Ling Jinhua again, he felt a sense of guilt in his heart. He put his arm around her shoulders and asked in concern, "Why don't you get more rest?"

Ling Jinhua smiled and shook her head: "When I think of the cunning and insidious Duke of Qi, and worry about His Highness' health, I can't rest peacefully."

She looked troubled, and after Gu Yufan closed the door, she continued: "Your Highness, I heard that you punished General Chen and others?"

Gu Yufan's face suddenly darkened, and he looked at Ling Jinhua with dissatisfaction in his eyes: "You should know what I hate most."

Even the princess did not dare to discuss these things in front of him. Who did Ling Jinhua think she was?
It was only because he saw her well-behaved and wanted to see the old man Qi Guogong die with his own eyes that he agreed to bring her here.

But this is no reason for her to be proud of herself!
Ling Jinhua saw that he looked wrong and hurriedly knelt down: "I don't want to participate in His Highness's military affairs. I just want to remind His Highness that it is good that General Chen and others drank too much last night, but General Zhou and others are not completely blameless!"

Gu Yufan's eyes widened and he was about to reprimand when he heard Ling Jinhua say: "Your Highness is not feeling very well, and General Zhou and others don't know how to be alert. The enemy has successfully attacked, but they are still unable to make a correct response, which has disturbed Your Highness." …”

Ling Jinhua didn't speak fast, and her tone wasn't aggressive at all, but Gu Yufan couldn't refute a single word of what he said.

She frowned slightly, her tone full of worry for Gu Yufan: "On the way here, I heard some soldiers discussing this matter..."

She bit her lower lip and slowly knelt down: "Your Highness, General Zhou and others are not innocent. They were not drunk, and they were not sick. Why didn't they see the fire in front of them?"

"Your Highness, you cannot chill the hearts of General Chen and others just because they are drunk."

"The navy led by General Chen and his companions numbers hundreds of thousands of people."

Ling Jinhua was clearly reminding Gu Yufan that the navy had a large number of people, and if this matter was handled unfairly, it would most likely cause dissatisfaction among the Jiangnan navy officers and men.

For a moment, Gu Yufan's face suddenly turned ugly.

Because he heard a strong threat from Ling Jinhua's words.

These naval forces were originally the army of the imperial court. If these people betrayed him, it would be clear at a glance who would lose against his 40,000 private soldiers.

Duke Guo of Qi, an old man, did not care about his identity as a prince at all, and directly attacked in a sneak attack, causing nearly 10,000 casualties and the destruction of dozens of warships.

Gu Yufan clenched his fists. Now that there were internal and external troubles, he really couldn't just deal with General Chen and others.

The most important thing is that Gu Yufan thinks that Ling Jinhua is right. Last night, the fire was soaring into the sky. Even Ling Jinhua, a woman, saw it. Why didn't General Zhou and others react at all?
Could it be possible that they did it on purpose?

Once the seeds of doubt fall in your heart, they soon grow into towering trees.

Because not long after, Gu Yufan heard with his own ears the private soldiers' taunting of the Jiangnan Navy. They said that General Chen and others were stupid and drank wine from unknown sources.

Gu Yufan's pupils shrank. Thinking of what General Chen said to him, he immediately understood that the wine must have been arranged by General Zhou and others, with the purpose of alienating the trust between himself and the Navy! In the past two years, when he learned about the great grievances between the navy and the private soldiers, he carefully inserted the private soldiers into the navy, hoping to let them get along and eliminate their dissatisfaction with each other.

But I don’t want to say that after two years of not getting used to each other, how dare I plot against the opponent even after they are on the battlefield!
How could Gu Yufan tolerate this? He asked someone to conduct a brief investigation. After getting the expected answer, he also rewarded General Zhou and others with ten military sticks and asked the navy to supervise them.

At the same time, Gu Yufan temporarily reorganized the navy and private soldiers who had been disrupted into camps.

His original intention was to let General Zhou and General Chen lead his troops. There wouldn't be any trouble now, right?

As for the rest, we can go back and make a detailed calculation after this war is over.

But what Gu Yufan didn't expect was that this temporary change of soldiers and generals on the battlefield would instantly make those soldiers who were accustomed to their previous life at a loss.

Whether they are the navy or the private soldiers, they are full of hostility and distrust towards the people who have returned. They can't stop sarcastic and sarcastic even when they sleep in the same room, let alone when they are patrolling, they can't even say hello. Do not hit.

There was no concealment between the private soldiers and the Jiangnan Navy. Duke Qi only sent someone to sneak in once and got such important information.

How could he miss such a good opportunity? On the fifth day of rest, he launched another attack on the Jiangnan Navy.

Although they were face to face this time, the naval general knew that it was the concubine who persuaded the king of Chu to punish the private soldiers. He was naturally dissatisfied and refused to get up on the pretext of recovering from his injuries.

The generals of the private soldiers were really recovering from their injuries, because the navy who carried out the execution had tampered with the military sticks, causing almost all the generals of the private soldiers to lose half of their lives.

There was no experienced veteran commander on the battlefield. Only Gu Yufan, a dabbler, came into battle temporarily. His command was improper and the soldiers did not cooperate tacitly. The battle was lost miserably.

It was not until dark that the Duke of Qi and others stopped the attack.

Hearing the other side's whistle to withdraw troops, Gu Yufan breathed a sigh of relief. His legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

Ling Jinhua still hugged his waist tightly and supported him with all her strength. After a while, Gu Yufan regained his composure.

Back in the room, Gu Yufan could no longer control himself and started beating things in the room again. A secret guard appeared silently: "Your Highness, the casualty statistics are out. This time we suffered huge losses, with 13,000 minor injuries." Thousands of people, more than 4,000 people were seriously injured and died..."

The secret guard was silent for a moment: "The death toll is close to more than 30,000 people."

Because of this war, the water in the canal turned dark red, and looked a little strangely black when viewed under the moonlight.

Gu Yufan's tired head was empty, and he just waved his hands and said, "Didn't we send people ashore? It's been several days, and the people from Ningzhou and Yunzhou haven't come to support yet?"

As long as the people from the two state capitals harass the Lingnan Navy from the rear, the pressure from the front will not be too great.

The secret guard was silent for a moment: "There has been no news. It must have been intercepted."

He took a step forward and made a gesture of wiping his neck: "Your Highness, does the Duke of Qi need any ministers..."